Whitecaps beat Loons in series opener

The Great Lakes Loons stranded 17 runners in a 5-1 loss to the West Michigan Whitecaps on Monday in the opener of a three-game series at Dow Diamond.

The Whitecaps (7-9) broke a scoreless tie with three runs in the top of the fifth, including back-to-back solo homers by Ulrich Bojarski and Jordan Pearce.West Michigan added two in the top of the sixth for a 5-0 lead, and Jair Camargo's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth gave the Loons (7-10) their only run.

Jacob Amaya and Dillon Paulson each went 2-for-4 and Miguel Vargas drew three of the Loons' seven walks.